New Delhi: India on Monday (October 19) rejected references to the country in resolutions adopted at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Baghdad, accusing Pakistan of orchestrating what it called “malicious, biased and false” allegations and questioning the credibility of the grouping.In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the OIC had once again allowed itself to be “misused by Pakistan for its bigoted agenda”. It said the grouping had “no locus standi whatsoever” to comment on matters strictly internal to India, reiterating that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were integral and inalienable parts of the country.The response came after the OIC’s 52nd Council of Foreign Ministers meeting was held in Baghdad on October 17-18. The main Baghdad Declaration had a paragraph reiterating support for Kashmir’s “inalienable right to self-determination”.Separately, the bloc’s 43 Resolutions on Political Affairs include a resolution on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, another on the peace process between India and Pakistan and a separate resolution on combating Islamophobia.The resolution on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute reiterates the OIC’s support for Kashmiri people’s “right to self-determination”, calls for a settlement in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions and rejects India’s actions following the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. The document also criticises India’s policies on domicile certificates, electoral representation and the status of the territory.The MEA claimed Jammu and Kashmir had witnessed economic growth and benefits for residents through infrastructure development, tourism and improved connectivity since the abrogation of Article 370. It contrasted this with what it described as violence and repression by Pakistan in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, saying civilian protesters, including women and children, had been killed.“The only issues related to Jammu and Kashmir that remain to be addressed are Pakistan vacating from areas under its illegal and forcible occupation and ceasing its continued support to cross-border terrorism,” the Ministry said.India also rejected “fabricated and hostile references” to the country in the OIC resolutions, including insinuations concerning Islamophobia. It accused Pakistan of seeking to divert international attention from its own record on minority persecution, sectarian violence, governance and political instability.The MEA said the OIC’s repeated endorsement of narratives advanced by Pakistan raised “serious questions about its credibility and integrity”, adding that member states should consider reforming the organisation.The latest response follows a similar Indian objection nearly four weeks ago, when New Delhi rejected a joint communiqué issued by the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir after its meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. India then described the references to Jammu and Kashmir as “unwarranted and factually incorrect” and said the OIC should counsel Pakistan over what it called Islamabad’s record of supporting terrorism, rather than provide it a platform to advance allegations against India.India had issued a similarly worded statement after the OIC’s previous ministerial meeting in Istanbul in June 2025, but its response then also addressed the military confrontation between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack.In a statement on June 2025, following the 51st Council of Foreign Ministers meeting held in Istanbul, the MEA had accused Pakistan of turning terrorism into “statecraft” and criticised the OIC for failing to “acknowledge the real and documented threat of terrorism emanating from Pakistan”.The statement had also defended Operation Sindoor, India’s military action following the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, describing it as “a precise and legitimate act of self-defence against terrorist camps operating from Pakistani territory”. India rejected Pakistan’s allegation of “unprovoked and unjustified military aggression” and accused Islamabad of endangering civilians during its retaliatory actions.